Abstract
AbstractThis article has used the method of instrumental variables to evaluate the impact of health services on the productivity of rural households’ farming labor in Burkina Faso. The distance from the household's homestead to the Health and Social Promotion Center (HSPC) was considered as an instrumental variable. The results revealed that resorting to a HSPC in case of an unexpected illness in the rainy season significantly improves the farm labor productivity by FCFA 3170.5880 per person-day. For improving agricultural productivity, we suggest that public decision-makers should focus on the availability and the quality of HSPC services in rural areas.
Highlights
The loss of labor and know-how of productive adults due to diseases highly reduces the productivity of agricultural labor in developing countries (World Bank 2008)
The study used the instrumental variables method to examine the impact of the use of health services on farm labor productivity in rural areas during unexpected diseases in the rainy season in Burkina Faso
The results showed that resorting to Health and Social Promotion Center (HSPC) services has a significant effect on rural households’ farm labor productivity
Summary
The loss of labor and know-how of productive adults due to diseases highly reduces the productivity of agricultural labor in developing countries (World Bank 2008). In the context of this study, we make use of the instrumental variables method with an estimator LATE to assess the impact of the use of health services on the productivity of agricultural labor in cases of unexpected diseases during the rainy season. For this purpose, the distance from the household’s homestead to the Health and Social Promotion Center (HSPC) has been considered as an instrumental variable. We present the literature review of the effects of the farmers’ state of health on agricultural productivity and the theoretical basis of the impact assessment on public policy
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